Sectional dress-form.



F. B. GRANGER.

S'ECTIONAL DRESS FORM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8,1913.

Patented Sept. 14:, 1915-.

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SECTIONAL DRESS-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Eeptde, 1915.

Application filed August 8, 19.13,. Serial No. 78? 67 9.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. Gnancnma citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, State of Newv York; have invented an Improvement in Sectional DresseForms, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like arts. p In myco-pending application Serial No. 783,678, filed August 8, 1913, I have illustrated and described a sectional dressrform provided with connectingmeans for adjustably connecting the sections of the form, which connecting means are situated on the interior, of the form but are accessible from the exterior of the form. In the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated in said application, the connecting-means are held in their adjusted positionby means of a clamping screw, and this clamping screw is so arranged that the head thereof is accessibleto the operato'r from the exterior of the form through an aperture therein.

1 The object. of my invention is to provide a differenttype of clamping means for. the adjustable connections which can also be operated from the exterior of the form but which is provided with a spring clamping deviceinstead of a clamping screw.

The drawings showa selected embodiment of the invention which is. sufiicient to disclose the principle thereofbut Iv desire to statethat the invention is not limited to the constructional features illustrated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of the. body portion of a dress form embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale of portions ofv two adjacent sections of the form looking from theinside thereof and showing my improved adjustable connection; Fig. 3 is a section on the line cc-a', Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section on the line g y, Fig. 3; Fig, 5 is a perspective view of the clampingv member.

Myinvent-ion canbe applied to any sectional dress form regardless of thewparticular. wayin which the formis divided. The

dress form shown in Fig. 1 is divided horizontally across the waist at 2 and horizontally across the bust along the line 3 and vertica-lly either side of the center along the lines 4 and 5, thus producing the hip sections 6, the vshoulder and neck sections 7 and the bust sections 8. My improved, connecting means for adjustahly connecting these various sections together comprisesa strap memher 9 which is secured to one'of the two parts to be connected and a clamping memher 10 secured totheother of said parts and provided with a spring-actuated clamp which engages the strap 9. The strap 9 is shown. as secured to the form section .6 by meansof rivets 11, although this particular construction is not essential. The clamping member 10 is shown as having a foot portion 12- which lies against the innerface of the adjacent form section 8 and is "secured thereto by rivets 13, and also a headpojrtion 14 having a slot 15 extending therethrough in which thejstrap 9 is received. This slot 1.5 carries a spring actuated clamp 16 in the form of a plunger which operates in an aperture17 in the head 14: andis adapted to engage one side of the strap 9 and clamp the latter against the wall of the slot. Means are provided whereby this plunger 16 can be unclamped from the strap 9 from the exterior of the form, and one way of'acconr plishing this result is to secure said plunger to the yoke-shaped frame 18 which embraces the clamping member 10 and is provided with the portion 19 that is received in a recess QO formed in one or both of the dress form sections.

A spring 21 is situated between the por tion 19 it the clamp and the clamping member 10, said spring operating to yieldinglv hold the plunger 16 against thestrap 9. As herein shown, the portion .19 of the frame isprovided with a recess 22 in which one end of the spring 21 is partially received, said recess operating to h'old the spring in its proper position. The yoke-shaped frame 18 will preferablyhave such a construction ,that, the portion 19. thereof does not projectthrough the. dress. form thereby to constitute a projection extending beyond the exterior surface thereof, but instead is located entirely within the limits of the dress form sections. The dress form will, therefore present'a perfectly smooth'surface free from projections which would interfere with the proper fitofa garment.-

J When it; is desired to adjust the dress form, the operator merely pushes inwardly on the thumb piece 19 thereby compressing the spring 21 and carrying the plunger .16 out of clamp'ingiengagement with the strap 9. The two sections 6 andB can then be adjusted relative to each other and when the desired aiiljustment .is effected, .theoperator releases the. pressure on thefthumb piece 19,

andthe spring 21 automatically brings the clamp 16 into clamping engagement with the strap. 9, thus holding the parts in their adjusted position. V r

. My improved clamping means is situated entirely in the inside of the form but is operable from theexterior. of theform. v .,While Ihave illustratedione embodiment of myinvention, I, donotwish to be lim ited to the constructional features'shown.

' .l-Iaving fully, described my invention, what I-claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters Patent is:

v.1...The combination .with p a sectional. dress form. presenting ashell-like formation divided into ,a plurality of, sections'adjustable relative .to each other, .of connecting 'means situated entirely onthe interior of the form for,v connecting. adjacent sectionsto each other, said connecting means comprising two overlapping members, one connected to each of the connecting c,se.ctions, and a $Pringactuated frictional clamp. engaging one of ,said members and clamping said membersninsadjusted position, said form having an, opening through which the clamp is accessibletobe released. V 2; The combinationwith a sectional dress form presenting. a, shell-like formation divided into a plurality of sections adjustable relative to each other, ,of connecting means situated, on the interior .of the ,form for connecting adjacent sections/to each other, saidconnectingrneans comprisingctwo overlapping members, one connected to each of thewconnected sections, and a spring-actu ated frictional clamp engaging one of said membersand clamping said members-in adjusted. position, said clamp being operable from the exteriorof the form to releaseits frictional engagement with said, member therebypermitting the adjustment of' the adjacent section's we a 3.111 a sectional dress form, the combination with twoadjacent sections, of connectinglmeans situated entirely on the interior of the form for .adjustably connecting said sections, said connecting means com- .justable connecting means situated on the interior of the form for adjustably comiect- .ing said sections, said connecting means co1npr1s1ng a strap secured to one section and a clamping member secured to the other vsection and provided with a slot through which the strap extends, and a springpressed clamp operable from the exterior of the. form'for clamping the strap to the clamping member.

5. In a sectional dress form, the combination with two dress form sections, of an adj ustable connecting means situated on the interior of the form for adjustably connect ing said sections, said connecting means comprising a strap secured to one section and a clamping member secured to the other section and provided with a slot through which the strap extends and a clamping plunger carried by the clamping member, a spring acting on said plunger and tending to clamp it against the strap and a thumb piece connected to the clamping plunger and accessible from the exterior of the form by which the plunger can be unclamped from the strap. 6. In a sectional dress form, the combination with two dress form sections, of connecting means situated on the interior of the form for connecting said sections, said connecting means comprising two overlapping members, one connected to each section, and a spring-actuated frictional clamp carried by one member and operable from the exterior of the form for clamping said members in adjusted position.v

'7. In a sectional dress form, the combination with two dress form sections, of connecting means situated on the interior of the form for directlyconnecting said sections to each other, said connecting means comprising overlapping members, one connected to each section, and a spring-actuated clamp releasable by inwardly-directed pressure for clamping said members in adjusted position, said form having an aperture through which the releasing pressure can be applied to the clamp from the exterior ofthe form. j

8. In a sectional dress form, the combination with two dress formsections, of connecting means situated on the interior of the form for directly connecting said sections together, said connecting means comprising two overlapping members, one connected to each section, and a springactuated clamp for adjust-ably connecting said sections and provided With a head by which name to this specification in the presence of the clamp is released when pressure is aptwo subscribing Witnesses. plied thereto, the dress form having an aperture to receive said head and permit 0p- FRANK GRANGER 5 eration of the clamp from the exterior of Witnesses:

the form. FRANK GARCIA,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my WILLIAM O. HOWLETT.

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